Stanley
Starosta, Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of
Hawaii, passed away on July 18, 2002, as the result of heart failure.
Stan's friends, colleagues and students honored him at a moving memorial service
on September 13. Their reminiscences and tributes as well as those of
friends and colleagues who could not attend the service can be found below,
along with a detailed biography by Byron Bender that appears
in
Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 41, No. 2 (2002). There is also a link to
Stan's former
personal website, through which a number of his papers and data-rich handouts
can be accessed.